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Examine the Status of Public Safety Communications (PSC) Technologies and Markets with This Latest Report Today

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eaf3a2/specifics_of_publi)
has announced the addition of the "Specifics of Public Safety
Communications: Assessment Markets and Technologies" report to their
offering.

This is a second issue of the report that analyzes the status of
Public Safety Communications (PSC) technologies and markets, and
concentrates on the following topics:

- Satellites communications

- Mesh networks and their role in public safety communications

- Ultra Wideband communications for first responders

- North America standard land-mobile radio for first
responders-Project P25

- Public Safety Communications in the 4.9 GHz band.

The report was updated, and the analysis of the PSC technology and
market in the 4.9 GHz band was added.

All discussed technologies may help first responders in their
operations, supporting reliable interoperable communications.

The report provides the analysis of all mentioning technologies,
their applications in PSC as well as addresses marketing profiles of
the above technologies in the public safety communications segment.

1. Satellite communications. With falling pricing and uniqueness
of this technology features, satellite links importance for disaster
recovery is difficult to underestimate. First responders can use
services offered by several companies to sustain their communications
in various situations when terrestrial links are damaged or completely
destroyed. Modern technology allows establishing such satellite links
in a very short time, and it supports both voice and data traffic.

2. Wireless mesh networks. These networks are self-organized and
redundant by their nature - the ideal situation for first responders'
communications. Each responder may become a part of the network
structure; in a case of the failing link, the network itself will
establish a new connection. The WMN market is growing fast and the
public safety communications application plays a significant role in
this market.

3. UWB. Ultra Wideband technology, among many useful features, has
a very important property that makes it attractive for public safety
communications - it can support a combination of a secure
communication transceiver and radar. This allows first responders to
"see" through the wall and communicate at the same time. UWB is, in
our opinion, one of technologies that in the near future will
establish a significant presence in the discussed communications
sector.

4. Project 25 radio. Project 25 defines a set of standards for
North America first responders' radio. The goal is to make sure that
various agencies talk "the same language" and can communicate with
each other during emergencies. So far, there are still a lot of
non-standard radios in hands of first responders, and this can make
their efforts inefficient.

5. PSC in the 4.9 GHz band started to evolve relatively recently,
with the FCC opening this band and resolving technical issues, such as
a transmission mask. This PSC application has already created in the
U.S. multi-million market. The band specifically designated for the
exclusive use of public safety agencies or organizations that are
working with them.

It is important to mention that discussed technologies can help
first responders in various situations:

- Satellite: to communicate globally and inside of the U.S.;
particular, when terrestrial infrastructure is damaged or even
destroyed

- WMN: to communicate in a dense urban environment; allows to
build self-organized, self-healing structures

- UWB: to communicate primarily inside of the buildings and
similar constructions

- Project 25: North America standard for first responders' radio

- 4.9 GHz PSC: the band is given exclusively for the first
responders communications use.

The main point here is that discussed technologies working
together can provide reliable means of support for first responders.

Altogether, the idea of this report is to attract attention to the
most (in our opinion) perspectives tools of communications for first
responders. The task of regular communications is not easy; it becomes
a real problem when communications networks have to deal with extreme
and unfavorable conditions, such as fire, flooding, or terrorism.
Depending on a particular situation, environmental conditions and
particular tasks, discussed in this report technologies can work
together to sustain reliable communications.

The markets for UWB, P25, 4.9 GHz radio, and WMN experience strong
presence of governmental influence and financial support. Though
slowly, but persistently standards bodies and governments in the U.S.
and other countries realize the importance of survivable interoperable
networks for first responders. As many markets that depend on
governmental support and infusion of funds, the public safety
communications market is dynamically stretches its borders. It looks
like there is no any other alternative except it fast development to
provide first responders a degree of assurance that they will be
supported by the most effective survivable means of communications.

The overriding objective throughout the work has been to provide
valid and relevant information. This has led to a continual review and
update of the information content.

Target Audience

This report is important for the government agencies involved in
the first response to critical situations. It is necessary for
technical departments of such agencies to have a document, which in
simple language explains radio technologies and architectures of
networks supporting public safety communications. They also need to
understand the market landscape and who are the major players and
their portfolios to select the right equipment.

For vendors of the first response communications technology, this
report provides valuable information on competition. It also supports
these vendors with the market assessment.

Methodology

Considerable research was done using the Internet. Information
from various Web sites was studied and analyzed; evaluation of
publicly available marketing and technical publications was conducted.
Telephone conversations and interviews were held with industry
analysts, technical experts and executives. In addition to these
interviews and primary research, secondary sources were used to
develop a more complete mosaic of the market landscape, including
industry and trade publications, conferences and seminars.

Companies Mentioned:

- Aether (localization devices)

- Airaya

- Airspan

- AirTegrity

- Alereon (chipsets)

- Alvarion

- Aperto

- Artimi (chipsets)

- Atheros (chipsets)

- BBN (radio, first responders applications)

- Belair

- Camero (radar, equipment for first responders)

- Carlson Wireless

- Cisco

- Crossbow (nodes)

- Daniels

- Dust Networks (WMN Nodes)

- EADS

- EF Johnson

- Ember (ZigBee chips for WMN)

- Exalt

- Firetide

- Fluidmesh Networks

- Focus Enhancement (chipsets)

- Freescale (chipsets, systems)

- General Atomics (chipsets)

- GigaBeam

- Hautespot Networks

- Hopling

- InfiNet

- Intel

- IPMobileNet

- IWT (Network Solution)

- Kenwood

- M/A-Com

- Med-Media

- MeshDynamics

- Mesh Networks

- Millennial Net (SW and Systems)

- Mitre (protocols)

- Moteiv-Sentilla- (Nodes and SW)

- Motorola

- Multispectral (RFID and others)

- Newtrax (WSN-mesh, UGS)

- Nortel

- Northrop Grumman (Nodes)

- NovaRoam (Public Safety Communications -WMN)

- Octave Technologies (SW)

- PacketHop

- Parco (RFID-location systems)

- Proxim

- Pulsetilde Link (chipsets)

- RadWin

- Rajant (WMN-Military, First Responders)

- Raytheon

- Redline

- Relm

- RoamAD

- Sensoria-Tranzeo (WMN for Public Safety Communications)

- SIAE (WMN for IA)

- SkyPilot

- Solectek

- Staccato (chipsets)

- Strix

- Tait Electronics

- Technisonic

- Teletroncs

- Time Domain (chipsets-fusion of communications & radar)

- Trango Systems

- Tranzeo

- Trimax Wireless

- Tropos

- Tzero (chipsets)

- Ubiquiti Networks

- Ubisense (RFID-tracking)

- Ubiwave (Mesh Network)

- Westel

- WiQuest (chipsets)

- Wisair (chipsets)

- Zhone Technologies

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